Vitamin Angels
works to advance availability, access and use of micronutrients, especially
vitamin A, among at-risk populations in need. It reduces child mortality
worldwide by connecting essential nutrients with infants and children under
five. Free annual grants of vitamin A supplements and multivitamins to
permanent, locally registered NGOs working with children in the developing
nations.
Qualifying
organizations must complete a grant application and agree to give granted
vitamins only to children 6-59 months old who need them.
The Vitamin Angels
Programs include:
·
Operation 20/20, a Vitamin A campaign and
·
Thrive to Five, a multivitamin campaign.
Qualified
organizations can apply to receive any of the following commodities donated by
Vitamin Angels:
Operation 20/20
·
100,000 IU vitamin A for infants 6-11 months
·
200,000 IU vitamin A for children 12-59 months
·
Albendazole (limited availability; donated with
vitamin A only)
Thrive to Five
·
Multivitamins for children 6-59 months
·
Multivitamins for pregnant and lactating women
Vitamin
Angels Grantee Eligibility Requirements
Vitamin Angels
grants selected micro nutrient commodities to qualified non-profit
organizations able to connect essential micronutrients, especially vitamin A,
with beneficiaries that meet three requirements, including:
·
Beneficiaries must be situated in the U.S, INDIA,
and/or within selected countries (generally consistent with WHO or UNICEF
identified vitamin A deficiency priority countries) in Africa, Asia, or Latin
and South America.
·
Grant recipients must target only beneficiaries
6-59 months of age, and/or pregnant or lactating women, AND
·
Beneficiaries must be underserved with respect to
access to essential micronutrients, generally meaning they meet one of the
following criteria:
1.
Reside in a rural area without any immediate access
to facility-based health care services, or
2.
Reside in a rural area but may obtain routine
health services through outreach or community-based services, or
3.
Reside in an urban area without access to
facility-based health care services, or
4. Reside
in an urban area, have access to facility-based health care services, but the
health service system does not have immediate access to essential
micronutrients
Qualified
non-profit organizations will further meet the following criteria:
·
Permanent in-country facility with local
professional staff,
·
Registered as a locally recognized entity (i.e.
non-governmental organization, clinic,etc) in the country in which
micronutrient products will be distributed to beneficiaries,
·
Serve a minimum of 1,000 children under 5 and/or
100 women with micronutrients,
·
Be able to legally transport all donated product
into the project country and clear customs appropriately without assistance
from VA (NGOs that do not have a US based presence must be able to accept
delivery of an international shipment and clear customs appropriately without
assistance from VA),
·
Have capacity to and plan to provide micronutrients
to the same project areas for at least 3 years, and
·
Agree to the terms and conditions listed in the
grantee application.
The deadline to
submit applications is 31 October 2013.
